Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who had advanced to Three Star Dou Ancestor, then treated Yun Shan’s soul restriction. The restriction was removed, but Yun Shan needed a year or two to recover or soul-repairing Cultivation Methods.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ming she had broken through to Three Star Dou Ancestor after fighting the Ferocious Soul.
• Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian learned that Yun Yun had arrived with Yun Shan and went to meet them.
• Xiao Ming explained that Wu Protector had placed a Hundred Ghosts Sen Luo Seal on Yun Shan and agreed to remove it.
• Xiao Ming took Yun Shan to a secret chamber while Xiao Yi Xian reassured the worried Yun Yun.
• Xiao Ming emerged with Yun Shan after removing the restriction and said he would need time or soul-repairing Cultivation Methods to recover.

Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian annotated alchemy books and hinted that her Dou Qi Attribute could be made suitable for alchemy. Medusa received an urgent summons from the Snake People Race and left, while Zi Yan went to visit Xiao Ming.

• Xiao Ming advised Yun Shan not to fight while recovering, and Yun Yun gave Xiao Ming a ring of thanks before helping Yun Shan leave.
• Xiao Ming handed Xiao Yi Xian his annotated alchemy books and encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming an Alchemist.
• Xiao Ming examined the goods in Yun Yun's ring and enjoyed Misty Cloud Sect Cloud Tea at his residence.
• Medusa's soul scale alerted her that the Snake People Race faced a crisis, so she said goodbye to Zi Yan and departed.
• Zi Yan entered Xiao Ming's courtyard after Medusa vanished.

Xiao Ming pretended to leave the Jia Ma Empire and secretly returned to the Xiao Family, hoping to provoke a border invasion. When three neighboring empires attacked Jia Ma, Yaoye sent for aid, and Xiao Ming prepared to head to the border.

• Yaoye delivered Xiao Ming’s reward and asked when he planned to leave; he said he would depart after visiting his family, intending to make the other empires believe he was gone.
• Xiao Ming left Jia Ma Holy City with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then secretly returned to the Xiao Family.
• The Chu Yun, Mulan, and Luoyan Empires gathered their armies at Black Mountain Fortress, prompting Jia Ma’s defenders to request reinforcements.
• Yaoye learned of the invasion and sent letters to the Mittel Family, the Misty Cloud Sect, and the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City.
• After completing the Pill Formula for Emperor's Flowing Sap, Xiao Ming read Yaoye’s letter and decided it was time to go to the border.

Xiao Ming encountered Yue Mei while traveling with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, and learned that the Snake People Race had lost its Dou Emperor combat power and that Medusa was near death. Yue Mei begged him to treat Medusa and the injured Elders, then offered to become his slave to secure his help.

• Xiao Ming left the Amethyst Winged Lion King with Form Transformation Grass and departed the Xiao Family with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ming stopped over the plains after sensing Yue Mei approaching, and she flew up to meet them on her way to Black Mountain Fortress.
• Yue Mei told Xiao Ming that Chu Yun Empire had devastated the Snake People Race, leaving its Four Great Elders injured and Medusa barely alive.
• Zi Yan anxiously asked what had happened to Medusa, and Yue Mei explained that Medusa was surviving through a Secret Technique.
• Yue Mei asked Xiao Ming to treat Medusa and the Elders, then offered to become his slave as compensation.

Xiao Ming agreed to visit the Snake People Race after handling his business, then followed Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Yue Mei to Black Mountain Fortress. There, Jia Ma’s defenders faced an invading army led by three Dou Zong-level forces as the attack began.

• Xiao Ming refused Yue Mei’s offer to become his female slave, but agreed to visit the Snake People Race after finishing his business and told her to follow him to Black Mountain Fortress.
• At Black Mountain Fortress, Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian discussed the invading forces and their shortage of Dou Zong-level combatants.
• The enemy army advanced, and Jia Xingtian ordered the Dou Wang experts to defend the fortress against enemy experts.
• Yan Luotian appeared above the army, followed by the Mulan Three Elders and the wary Xie Biyan.

Yan Luotian attacked Black Mountain Fortress, overwhelming Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong until a mysterious silver light intervened. The silver figure defeated Yan Luotian and appeared before the fortress with him in hand.

• Xie Biyan joined Yan Luotian and the Mulan Three Elders as they confronted Jia Xingtian and the defenders of the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Luotian unleashed his Wild Goose Feather Sword attack, and Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian combined their abilities to hold it back.
• Yan Luotian formed his Sword Feather wings and launched a second assault, wounding Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong as they struggled to defend themselves.
• A silver light rescued Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong, then evaded Yan Luotian's golden attacks and chased him through the air.
• The silver light defeated Yan Luotian in two collisions and stopped before Black Mountain Fortress, holding him in its hand.

Xiao Ming saved the Jia Ma Empire by killing Yan Luotian and Xie Biyan and routing the Three-Nation Alliance. After the battle, he reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Xie Biyan’s Demonic Poison Spot was not fatal, then met Zi Yan and Yue Mei on Black Mountain Fortress.

• Xiao Ming killed Yan Luotian, repelled the Golden Goose Sect experts, and was welcomed by Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong.
• Xie Biyan ordered his forces to withdraw, but Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian blocked his escape and fought him alongside the Mulan Three Elders.
• Xiao Ming broke the Mulan Three Elders’ formation and killed two of them, while Xiao Yi Xian engaged Xie Biyan.
• Xiao Ming struck Xie Biyan with a seal, and Xie Biyan sent a Demonic Poison Spot into Xiao Ming before Xiao Yi Xian killed him.
• Xiao Ming ordered the Three-Nation Alliance to retreat, and Jia Xingtian chose not to pursue its fleeing soldiers.
• Xiao Ming and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Black Mountain Fortress, where Zi Yan and Yue Mei arrived and the others asked about Xiao Ming’s injuries.

After killing the Three-Nation Alliance’s strongest fighters, Xiao Ming traveled to the Snake People Race’s new hideout to treat Medusa and the wounded elders. He examined Medusa’s severe injuries, leaving the Snake People Race waiting for his judgment.

• Jia Xingtian and the other experts worried that Xie Biyan’s Demonic Poison Spot had harmed Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming assured them it had no effect on him.
• Xiao Ming’s victory at Black Mountain Fortress ended the Three-Nation Alliance’s assault, and he left for the Snake People Race with Yue Mei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan.
• Yue Mei told Yin Shi and the other Snake People Race experts that Xiao Ming had killed Xie Biyan, Yan Luotian, and the Mulan Three Elders, then explained that she had brought him to treat Medusa.
• Flower Snake led Xiao Ming and his companions into the sacred ground, where the Four Great Elders initially challenged them with a condensed black python before recognizing Xiao Ming as a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming examined Medusa’s badly wounded body while Zi Yan anxiously watched, then sighed after assessing her condition.

Xiao Ming treated Queen Medusa’s injuries with a Life Returning Pill after negotiating payment with the Snake People Race. Medusa awakened and thanked him, while Xiao Ming left with Xiao Yi Xian as the Snake People elders prepared to explain what had happened.

• Xiao Ming assessed Medusa’s severe injuries and described several possible treatments, including the Life Returning Pill and a dangerous Heavenly Flame evolution technique.
• The Snake People elders chose the Life Returning Pill and negotiated payment with Xiao Ming, trading ingredients, a Grade Seven Alchemy Scroll, a Sixth Tier Magic Core, and nine Profound Tier High-Grade Dou Techniques.
• While the Snake People retrieved the payment, Xiao Ming made a simple medicinal liquid for the Four Great Elders to help their injuries recover.
• Xiao Ming burned away the Poison Dou Qi in Medusa’s body with Fallen Heart Flame, then gave her the Life Returning Pill, which healed most of her injuries.
• Medusa woke, and Zi Yan rushed into her arms; Medusa recognized Xiao Ming as her savior and thanked him.
• Xiao Ming left with Xiao Yi Xian, while Medusa asked the Snake People elders to explain what had happened.

After confirming that Queen Medusa was out of danger, Xiao Ming sought a secluded chamber to address the spreading Demonic Poison Spot. He fused his five Heavenly Flames into a new white flame and prepared to use it to refine and seal the poison.

• Xiao Ming told Yin Shi that Queen Medusa was out of danger, and Yin Shi arranged a secluded chamber for him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian noticed that the Demonic Poison Spot on Xiao Ming’s right chest had spread slightly, and Xiao Ming decided to deal with it before it worsened.
• Xiao Ming tried using the Fallen Heart Flame on the poison but found that it extracted too little refined energy.
• Xiao Ming repeatedly followed the Flame Mantra’s circulation route and eventually fused his five Heavenly Flames into a translucent white flame.
• Xiao Ming reassured Xiao Yi Xian that the new flame could refine and seal the Demonic Poison Spot.

Xiao Ming sealed the Demonic Poison Spot with the White Glass Heart Flame, then endured a strange side effect from merging Heavenly Flames that brought him and Xiao Yi Xian together. Afterward, he began preparing Xie Biyan's corpse to refine a Heaven Demon Puppet.

• Xiao Yi Xian named Xiao Ming's new Heavenly Flame the White Glass Heart Flame, and Xiao Ming used it to seal the Demonic Poison Spot while refining its energy.
• Xiao Ming realized that refined Demonic Poison Spots could potentially help produce powerful allies, but merging the Heavenly Flames triggered an intense aphrodisiac-like side effect.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned with ice, then chose to stay with Xiao Ming; afterward, he covered her with a blanket, kissed her forehead, and placed a Space Barrier around her.
• Xiao Ming brought out Yan Luotian's and Xie Biyan's frozen corpses, keeping one for Venerable Tian Huo and selecting the other for a Heaven Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Ming used the Pale White Flame to melt the ice around Xie Biyan's corpse and burn away its Corpse Qi.

Xiao Ming completed a Human Puppet from Xie Biyan’s corpse, creating a puppet with strength comparable to a Three-star Dou Zong. As Zi Yan tried it out and Medusa considered asking Xiao Ming for help with her evolution, an explosion outside interrupted them.

• Xiao Ming refined Xie Biyan’s soul, corpse, and a Seventh Tier Magic Core while tempering strange metals into molten liquid.
• After several days, Xiao Ming infused the molten metal into the corpse and completed a bronze Human Puppet with a Three-star Dou Zong’s strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke and left the secret chamber, while Xiao Ming continued refining the puppet.
• Xiao Ming let Zi Yan borrow the Human Puppet, and Medusa considered seeking a Heavenly Flame to evolve.
• An explosion shook the cavern, and someone outside called for Xiao Ming to come out.

Gu Qing Yang and the Ancient Clan arrived at the Snake People Race's barracks seeking Xiao Ming, injuring Yin Shi and other Snake-People when they tried to stop them. Xiao Ming confronted the visitors, and Gu Qing Yang realized he was a seventeen-year-old Dou Zong and a Seven-Rank Alchemist, making the Ancient Clan's mission to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade more difficult.

• Gu Qing Yang and the Ancient Clan's Four-Winged Unicorn Beasts attacked Yin Shi and the Snake-People guarding the barracks, leaving them injured.
• Xiao Ming, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the cavern, and Xiao Ming stopped Medusa from challenging the much stronger visitors.
• Xiao Ming recognized the visitors as members of the Ancient Clan and flew up to confront their leader.
• Gu Qing Yang introduced himself as the Great Commander of the Black Annihilation Army and was shocked to discover that Xiao Ming was a seventeen-year-old Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming revealed that he was a Seven-Rank Alchemist, prompting Gu Qing Yang to worry that obtaining the Tou She Ancient God Jade from him would be difficult.

Xiao Ming confronted Gu Qing Yang and the Ancient Clan envoys over their demand for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, refusing to surrender it. As tensions rose and a fight seemed imminent, Xiao Ming’s allies offered to intervene, but he chose to handle the confrontation himself.

• Gu Qing Yang offered healing pills to compensate the Snake People commanders, and Xiao Ming accepted them on their behalf.
• Gu Qing Yang asked Xiao Ming to honor an alleged ancestral agreement and hand over the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Xiao Ming claimed he did not have it.
• Xiao Ming recalled that Xiao Xuan’s actual agreement with Gu Yuan concerned the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade if he became Dou Di, or Heaven Tomb slots if he failed.
• An Ancient Clan youth insulted Xiao Ming, and Gu Qing Yang rebuked him before implying that the envoys might need to fight to answer to their elders.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa offered to fight, but Xiao Ming stopped them and said he would handle the Ancient Clan himself.

Xiao Ming agreed to spar with Gu Qing Yang after securing the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit as a reward for victory. He effortlessly shattered Gu Qing Yang’s powerful techniques and sent him crashing to the ground, leaving the match’s outcome clear.

• Xiao Ming dismissed Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Zi Yan’s concerns before agreeing to fight Gu Qing Yang for compensation.
• Gu Qing Yang offered Xiao Ming a Blood Essence Demonic Fruit, one of the ingredients needed for the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill.
• Gu Qing Yang used a Secret Technique to raise his strength to Dou Zong and attacked Xiao Ming with the Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Xiao Ming shattered the Mountain Splitting Seal with his palm and evaded Gu Qing Yang’s spatial movement technique.
• Gu Qing Yang combined the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea Overturning Seal, but Xiao Ming broke through the attack and struck his chest, sending him crashing to the ground.

Xiao Ming defeated Gu Qing Yang and claimed the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit, but Gu Qing Yang warned him that the Ancient Clan and others were watching for the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Xiao Ming refused to hand it over and decided to head to the Central Continent, while Medusa began considering whether Xiao Ming might lend the Snake People his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Ming defeated Gu Qing Yang in three moves, and Gu Qing Yang conceded and handed over the Blood Essence Demonic Fruit.
• Gu Qing Yang warned Xiao Ming to give the Tou She Ancient God Jade to the Ancient Clan if he possessed it, then departed with his soldiers.
• Xiao Ming decided not to surrender the jade and planned to go to the Central Continent and join the Pill Tower for protection.
• Xiao Ming gave Medusa healing medicine as compensation for the Snake People Race, prompting her to consider asking to borrow his Heavenly Flames.
• After resting for two hours in the Snake People Race's underground cavern, Xiao Ming prepared to leave with Zi Yan, but Medusa stepped in front of him.

Xiao Ming agreed to lend Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame in exchange for choosing a treasure from the Snake People Race Treasury, where Zi Yan found a valuable Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence. Medusa began the dangerous evolution ritual, and the chapter ended with her Purple Giant Serpent body burning inside the Heavenly Flames.

• Medusa asked Xiao Ming to lend her Heavenly Flames so she could attempt the Snake People Race’s dangerous evolution technique, despite her elders’ objections.
• Xiao Ming agreed to help if he could choose a reward from the Snake People Race Treasury, and Medusa led him and his companions there.
• Xiao Ming had Zi Yan search the treasury, and she brought back three medicinal herbs and a Green Stone that Xiao Ming identified as Gastrodia Elata Jade Stone Essence.
• Medusa agreed to begin the ritual that night, and Xiao Ming prepared the Green Lotus Core Flame while she transformed into a Purple Giant Serpent.
• Medusa plunged into the flames, where her scales burned away and her body shrank as Xiao Ming supplied Dou Qi to sustain the fire.

Xiao Ming watched Queen Medusa’s evolution through the Green Lotus Core Flame, and a bolt of heavenly lightning heralded its success. Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, but her soul remained dormant, and the newborn snake attached herself to Xiao Ming.

• Xiao Ming sustained the Green Lotus Core Flame with Dou Qi Energy as Medusa endured the burning, and a heavenly lightning bolt struck the flames.
• Medusa’s charred body broke apart, releasing a powerful presence before a tiny Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python emerged and settled on Xiao Ming’s shoulder.
• Xiao Ming let the little snake drink Companion Amethyst Source and carried her out to the waiting Snake People.
• Xiao Ming explained that Medusa’s soul had fallen asleep while the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python’s soul controlled her body.
• When Zi Yan tried to hand the little snake to the Great Elder, she darted back to Xiao Ming’s shoulder, leaving the Snake People unsure what to do.

Xiao Ming explained that Medusa might need a decade to regain control of her body and refused to refine a soul-merging pill before leaving the Snake-People Race. He departed with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian for the Jia Ma Empire, while the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python disappeared from the settlement.

• The Great Elder asked Xiao Ming about Medusa's condition, and he estimated that she would need at least ten years to control her body for extended periods.
• Xiao Ming told the Great Elder that a sixth-rank alchemist could refine a pill to merge the souls, but he refused to help because he was leaving the next day.
• Xiao Ming told Xiao Yi Xian that they would pick up Qing Lin at the academy before traveling to the Central Plains, where Zi Yan might find her home.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian left the Snake-People Race for the Jia Ma Empire the next morning.
• The Snake-People discovered that the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python was missing, and the Great Elder ordered them to search for another hour.

Xiao Ming let the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python travel with him and headed to Jia Nan Academy, where he met Deputy Dean Hu Gan’s caravan of new students. He noticed Xiao Yan among them and learned that Hu Jia had entered the Inner Academy.

• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python caught up with Xiao Ming and drank some Companion Amethyst Source before hiding in his sleeve.
• Xiao Ming agreed to bring the snake along after Zi Yan asked to keep it with them.
• Xiao Ming, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian flew through the Jia Ma Empire toward Black Corner and reached the forest outside Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Courtyard ten days later.
• Xiao Ming met Hu Gan, who was escorting the academy’s new students, and spotted Xiao Yan in the caravan.
• Xiao Ming asked Hu Gan about Hu Jia and learned that she had entered the Inner Academy a year earlier.